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| Full name | Gerard William Hodgkinson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 February 1883 Clifton, Bristol, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 6 October 1960 (aged 77) Wookey Hole, Somerset, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | C. Hodgkinson (son) R. Philpott (grandfather) W. Philpott (grand-uncle) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1904–11 | Somerset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 12 May 1904 Somerset v Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 5 August 1911 Somerset v Surrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 4 December 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gerard William Hodgkinson OBE MC* (19 February 1883 – 6 October 1960) played first-class cricket for Somerset between 1904 and 1911.[1] He was born at Clifton, Bristol and died at Wookey Hole, Somerset. He was also the plaintiff in a celebrated literary libel case in the 1930s and a decorated soldier and airman who saw service in both the First and Second World Wars.